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Six feet water in the hold, sir! That would not have been a
pleasant announcement to the captain of the 'Aurora' at any time,
but its unpleasantness was vastly increased by the fact that it
greeted him near the termination of what had been, up to that point
of time, an exceedingly prosperous voyage. "Are you sure, Davis?"
asked the captain; "try again." He gave the order under the
influence of that feeling which is styled "hoping against hope,"
and himself accompanied the ship's carpenter to see it obeyed. "Six
feet two inches," was the result of this investigation. The vessel,
a large English brig, had sprung a leak, and was rolling heavily in
a somewhat rough sea off the east coast of Africa.
Tom Slade, bending over the office table, scrutinized the big map
of Temple Camp. It was the first time he had really looked at it
since his return from France, and it made him homesick to see, even
in its cold outlines, the familiar things and scenes whi
In the southwestern corner of the domains of Kaiser Bill, in a fair
district to which he has no more right than a highwayman has to his
victim's wallet, there is a quaint old house built of gray stone
and covered with a clinging vine. In the good old
If it were not for the very remarkable part played by the scouts in
this strange business, perhaps it would have been just as well if
the whole matter had been allowed to die when the newspaper
excitement subsided. Singularly enough, that part of the curious
drama which unfolded itself at Temple Camp is the very part which
was never material for glaring headlines. The main occurrence is
familiar enough to the inhabitants of the neighborhood about the
scout camp, but the sequel has never been told, for scouts do not
seek notoriety, and the quiet woodland community in its sequestered
hills is as remote from the turmoil and gossip of the world as if
it were located at the North Pole.
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